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Feb 09

Meridian’s Survey Department Welcomes New Employee

By Team Members

Riley Adams

Meridian is excited to announce that Riley Adams has joined Meridian Engineering as a new Survey Crew Chief.  Riley’s expertise includes construction staking, performing topo surveys, ALTA/NSPS surveys. His background includes platting and drafting, aerial photogrammetry, analyzing Point Cloud data, and site material takeoff analysis. Riley has been learning about machine guidance or machine control technology by setting up the control networks. This is an effective and efficient use of the GPS in Total Stations that guides equipment in elevations for the finishing grade.

Riley was instrumental on the current construction project with the and laying out of the utilities on the Redwood widening project. This is a project that Meridian did the survey and Right of Way. His recent projects include the Salt Lake Valley Regional Airport survey and I-15; Brigham City to Willard widening.

Riley is currently pursuing his Bachelor degree in Geomatics from Utah Valley University where he met our Survey Department Manager and Adjunct Professor, Mike Nadeau.

Riley is looking forward to getting his Professional Land Survey License. In his spare time, you’ll find him riding ATV’s and looking at classic cars.

Meridian Engineering welcomes Riley Adams, a well-qualified team member who is ready to serve the needs of our clients.

Jan 24

Meridian involved in two of Utah Construction and Design’s 2017 Most Outstanding Projects

By News and Updates, Team Members

UC&D 2017 Award - Religious ProjectThe Latter-day Saint Missionary Training Center Expansion – Civil Engineering.

This project included a phased approach as the laundry facility was relocated. Randall Vickers, PE was the Civil Principal in Charge for Missionary Training Center (MTC) expansion in Provo, Utah. Work included master planning of vehicle and pedestrian access and utility extensions to new and existing facilities while leaving the majority of campus operational during new construction.  Design included:

  • Extending new utility tunnels and relocating utilities for the tunnels
  • Revisions and extension of fire lanes
  • Mini gathering plazas in various locations
  • New main building plazas, drainage systems
  • Extending all existing utilities for new buildings and an underground parking system under the new expansion

Work included coordination efforts with Brigham Young University (BYU) and Provo City Officials. New access connections to the site (during and after construction), tunnel crossings of the public street, and a new bus drop off location on the public street.  The work also included removal of existing utility systems and phasing the removal to maintain service to surrounding buildings on both the Brigham Young University and Missionary Training Center campus. The project was completed in two years and will train up to 3,700 missionaries at a time. MTC

UC&D 2017 Award - Highway ProjectMountain View Corridor-5400 South to 4100 South – Right of Way and Survey

This project was another extension of an additional north/south freeway. Tyler Baron, PLS was responsible for the right of way design and preparation of acquisition documents. His team provided oversight for supplemental survey, development of the existing property matrix, new right of way design and document preparation for all right of way takes and easements, including insuring QC/QA review is conducted in accordance with Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Standards. MVC

Meridian is very proud of each of its employees and will continue to perform high quality work for the projects that impact the communities in which we live. We thank you for this recognition and look forward in making each project successful.

 

Aug 10

2017 Esri User Conference Report

By Conference, Events, News and Updates

Jeff Searle and Adrian Welsh had the opportunity to attend the annual Esri User Conference (UC) held in San Diego, California in July. The conference is held to learn about best practices in the GIS industry and get a jump start on the latest geospatial technology.

This was Esri’s biggest conference ever with nearly 18,000 registered attendees. The main theme of “The Science of Where” resonated throughout the technical workshops and training sessions. The theme allowed attendees to  solve problems in real-time, using location and geography to integrate, analyze, and understand all types of data.

Due to Adrian’s presence in the GIS community and winning an MVP award for his diligence and assistance, he was asked to give a presentation at the Esri UC to discuss why the GIS community is important and what made him a success story. Adrian was honored to write a blog post for each day of the Esri conference. (a link to this blog post will be at the end of this write-up).

Instead of writing about the key take-away points from Jeff and Adrian of this conference, let’s take a look at a story map! Click on the link or image below to launch the story map presentation.

https://arcg.is/bWfH

Esri UC Convention Center

 

Thanks for reading! Please add a comment if you were able to attend the conference. Also, here is a link to Adrian’s blog written on Esri’s website: https://geonet.esri.com/blogs/AdrianWelsh/2017/07/17/2017-esri-user-conference-quick-thoughts

Jul 11

Welcome Sierra to the Meridian Family

By Team Members

Sierra Holz has joined the Meridian Engineering family as a Survey/Right-of-Way CADD technician. Sierra brings experience and education with her. She had the opportunity to work with the Bureau of Land Management finding original stone monuments. She helped locate, resurvey, and replace the stones with metal posts using GPS technology. Other experience includes work on ALTA, subdivision, and condo plats, and staking points for the placement of large tools.

Sierra loves the outdoors and the arts and satisfied both of these interests in obtaining her Bachelor degree of Geography. She is working towards her license as a Professional Land Surveyor.

We are happy to welcome Sierra Holz to Meridian as a qualified survey technician ready to serve your needs!

 

 

 

Jun 22

Meridian Engineering is Growing Again

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‘Here we grow again’ may seem a bit cliche’, but it’s what you do when you get great people.

Please join us as we welcome Sean!

Sean Ireland recently joined Meridian Engineering as a LiDAR and Survey Technician.  Sean has been actively involved in projects such as the passing lanes on US-6, bridges on I-80, and the 90th South roadway extraction.  His expertise includes LiDAR scanning, which involves setting up the ideal location for data scan collection. LiDAR is a measurement of distance using light pulses.

Sean has over 16 years as a survey technician all over the United States, including Chicago, Florida, and Utah. Sean has an in-depth background in surveying since he was trained by the United States Army Corp of Engineers. Sean will graduate from Utah Valley University next year with his Bachelor degree. Meridian believes in education which led to Sean being recruited by a teacher to explore career options at Meridian. Sean did and we are glad to have him.

We welcome Sean Ireland to Meridian as well-qualified professional ready to serve your needs!